750gb/1tb WD Drive in Early 2008 macbook pro

[0309385]

Hi, im thinking about ordering a 750gb or 1tb drive from WD. Now i know that the drive is 12.5mm and supposedly the macbook pro 4,1 can hold a 9.5mm drive only but if i were to put that one in would all it would do just rise my plate above the harddrive space just a little? If it would i would purchase one because i REALLY need the memory.

Thanks

-Ethan

 

[winninganthem]

12.5mm won't fit. Get the WD Scorpio Blue 640GB.

 

[Thunder82]

12.5mm won't fit. Get the WD Scorpio Blue 640GB.

Not entirely true. 12.5mm drives will fit in the 17" non-unibody MBPs, but not in the 15"ers.

 

[winninganthem]

My bad, was assuming that he has a 15".

 

[0309385]

but i thought that there was only a height difference.....so would it be able to fit but just push the metal up a bit higher?

 

[Thunder82]

but i thought that there was only a height difference.....so would it be able to fit but just push the metal up a bit higher?

In theory, Yes. The only potential problem, is that the HD sits underneath one of your palm-wrests & hard drives generally don't take well to having external pressure put on them.

 

[spinnerlys]

Also no airflow is not that good.

See this self-made comparison of the third grade kind.

And a look at this guide:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/...Inch-Model-A1150-Hard-Drive-Replacement/486/1


You could get an external FW800 enclosure for 2.5" drives and put a 1TB 2.5" drive in there if you really need that much storage on the road.
The enclosure, and thus the drive, is bus-powered, thus no extra AC adapter necessary.

 

[0309385]

So then, i should not get it because of airflow..? I'm sorry i am just completely confused on this one because on the internet people are saying it works fine and people are saying it does not..

EDIT: Oh okay i see.

 

[winninganthem]

A 3mm difference might seem really small, but in terms of percentages 12.5mm is 31.5% bigger.

If you need that much space, get the WD Scorpio Blue 640GB. It is 9.5mm high, with only two 320GB platters. I read somewhere that because there are fewer platters, the data is more densely packed and seek times are shorter.